Notes for Tables

1. Incidents for 2014-15 & 2015-16 were collated using a
different system. See
Section 2.5 for more details.

2. Prior to the change in data collection during 2013-14 (see
Paragraph 6.3 in Annex 1) legacy police
forces recorded domestic abuse information in different systems.
Police practice in deciding when behaviour justifies the recording
of a crime or offence may also differ. These differences influenced
the number of incidents and the proportion of incidents which led
to the recording of a crime or offence.